On this post, I’ll show how to install and use a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve on the 2015-2020 Ford F-150. The install is pretty easy to do and the subsequent oil changes are a lot cleaner of a job to do. The oil drain valve takes the place of your drain plug and it has a ball valve that you can open and close with the valve handle. I was concerned about this potentially being knocked into an open position and the oil draining out and damaging the engine, but the valve is designed to keep this from happening. There is even a little plastic clip that further prevents this from happening.

Replacing windshield wipers on the 13th gen Ford F-150 is easy and straightforward–just like pretty much any other vehicle out there. I wanted to put a post together as a quick reference to the windshield wiper sizes on these trucks, and to document the various windshield wipers I’ve tried out on the truck to see which ones work best.

On the 13th generation Ford F-150, you may have this felt under cover installed under the transmission. This part is commonly referred to as a “diaper” rather than an under cover due to it being made of a fabric-like material and commonly soaking up fluids in the undercarriage. A popular addon that will give you some protection to the undercarriage is to install a steel Raptor Skid Plate in its place.

Rough Country sells two different folding tonneau covers that costs between $650-$700, and they both seem comparable to the Bakflip MX4. I went with the one called the Tri-fold Tonneau Cover, which is similar to the Bakflip cover in that it folds out of the way for full use of the bed. I paid $700 (at time of this post) for the bed cover.

Depending on your vehicle use, your ‘Oil change required’ light may come on your instrument cluster. This can range from 3,000 miles (most severe use: max load/towing, extreme hot/cold) up to 10,000 miles (normal use: normal commuting, highway driving, little to no loading, flat terrain, no extended idling). On the Ford Focus MK3 (years 2011-2018), if you have changed your own oil (or the the shop forgot to reset your oil change reset indicator, you can easily do it by yourself.

The look of original radio antenna on my F-150 doesn’t bother me much, but I know that a ton of other F-150 owners out there have switched their antennas out for shorter ones. At first I thought it was done just for looks, but it seems that there’s a functional reason for it as well. After driving my truck through several different low-clearance parking garages, I quickly realized that the long antenna extends past the height of the roof and therefore would scrape along the beams of these parking garages. It’s incredibly annoying to have to hear it, hence the reason why I decided to replace mine.

Some folks have gotten used to the start-stop feature while others are adamantly opposed to it. For those who can’t stand auto start-stop, there are a number of ways to permanently disable the feature. These methods vary in cost, ease of installation, and have varying effects on other features of the vehicle. I’ve compiled all of the ways to permanently disable auto start-stop on the 13th gen Ford F-150 and I hope it helps you determine what is best for you if you choose to do it.

My new 2020 Ford F-150 has been babied over the past year and a half having only driven about 2,000 miles on it so far. Many folks suggest changing out the oil at 1,500 miles if its a new vehicle as you may have more deposits and metal shavings in the oil from driving a new engine. Because I tend to agree with this concept, as well as the fact that it has already been over a year, I decided to change the oil and oil filter. In this write-up I performed the oil change using Ford’s recommended Motorcraft Synthetic Blend motor oil and Motorcraft oil filter.

Depending on your trim level you may have a different size information display, or as Ford calls it a productivity screen. The XL trim has a 2.3 in. productivity screen, the XLT trim has a 4 in. productivity screen, and Lariat and better has an 8 in. productivity screen. The instructions below apply to the 13th generation Ford F-150 (model years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.)